Authoritarianism, Radicalization, and Regional Prospects for Democracy
CSID 16th Annual Conference
Authoritarianism, Radicalization, and Regional Prospects for Democracy
  

You are INVITED to join us for our 16th Annual Conference on Islam and Democracy, tomorrow, Thursday, May 14, 2015, at The J.W. Marriott in downtown Washington, DC, bringing together some of the best scholars, experts, practitioners, and policy makers from the region, and the whole World.

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EARLY REGISTRATION ENDS on Today, May 13, at 4 PM
CENTER FOR THE STUDY OF ISLAM AND DEMOCRACY
 
16th Annual Conference
  
  
 
Thursday, May 14, 2015

J.W. Marriott Washington DC

1331 Pennsylvania Ave., NW

Washington DC 20004

 

EARLY REGISTRATION ENDS TODAY May 13 @ 4:00 pm.


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CONFERENCE PROGRAM 

 


Thursday, May 14, 2015


8:00 - 9:00 a.m.       Registration

  

9:00 - 9:15 a.m.       Welcoming Remarks

  

Asma Afsaruddin

Chair of the Board of CSID  

  

      William Lawrence 
      Conference Co-Chair


9:15 - 10:30 a.m.             Panel 1

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Contested Legitimacy, Human Rights, and the Future of Democracy in Egypt



  • Michele Dunne, Senior Associate, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
  • Shadi Hamid, Fellow, The Brookings Institution
  • Ismail Alexandrani, Investigative Journalist and Visiting Arab Journalist, Woodrow Wilson Center
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10:30 - 11:00 a.m.              Coffee and Tea Break

  

11:00 - 12:00 a.m.             Panel 2  

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Democratic Prospects: The Case of Tunisia 
   

  • Meherzia Labidi, Member of the Tunisian House of Representataives, Formerly Vice President of the Tunisian National Constituent Assembly
  • Radwan Masmoudi, CSID Founder and President
  • Thomas DeGeorges, Independent Scholar and Former Director of the Center for Maghreb Study in Tunis (CEMAT)
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12:00 - 1:30 p.m.        Keynote Luncheon

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Introduction and Welcoming Remarks:

Radwan A. Masmoudi 
CSID President


The Future of Democracy in the 

Middle East and North Africa



Maha Azzam

President, Egyptian Revolutionary Council

 

 

Ayman Nour

Founder and President, Al Ghad Party

Egypt

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1:30 - 3:00 p.m.                     Panel 3

         

Pathways to Democracy in the MENA Region, with a

focus on Syria, Libya, and Yemen

 
  • Gerald Feierstein, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Near Eastern Affairs, U.S. State Department
  • Najib Ghadbian, Special Representative to the United States
  • Jonathan Winer , U.S. Special Coordinator for Libya
  • Stephen Seche, Executive Vice President, Arab Gulf States Institute of Washington
 
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3:00 - 3:30 p.m.                 Coffee and Tea Break  

3:30 - 4:45 p.m.                  Panel 4

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U.S. Policy Between Security, Stability and Democracy 
 
  • William Taylor, Vice President, United States Institute for Peace
  • Stephen McInerney,  Executive Director, The Project on Middle East Democracy 
  • Daniel Brumberg, Associate Professor and Co-Director of the MA in Democracy and Governance, Georgetown University, and Special Advisor, U.S. Institute for Peace
  •  Emad Shahin, Visiting Professor, Georgetown University and Distinguished Visiting Scholar, Columbia University 

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4:45 - 5:00                  Concluding Remarks

 

 

Summary of Recommendations from Each Panel


William Lawrence
CSID Annual Conference Co-Chair


 

 
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Where & When

Thursday, May 14, 2015

J.W. Marriott Washington DC

1331 Pennsylvania Ave., NW

Washington DC 20004